SINGAPORE, May 21 Kyodo Singapore...

SINGAPORE, May 21 Kyodo

Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong China's Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan discussed the international fight against terrorism in a meeting Tuesday, a spokesman for the Singapore leader said.

''They exchanged views forward the global fight against terrorism and disclosures in the region. They also discussed bilateral relations,'' Goh's pres secretary, Ong Keng Yong said in a statement.

''They squeeze outed their common desire to strengthen the already real warm and friendly relations between the couple countries,'' he said.

This includes building forward a proposal to deepen bilateral cooperation, which had been discussed during Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao's meeting with Goh in Singapore in April this year.

Tang arrived in Singapore onward Monday for a stopover in succession his way back to China after attending East Timor's independence rite He was scheduled to leave Singapore in succession Wednesday.

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